Character education through poetic inquiry: teaching poetry as a means of moral self-cultivation
This paper offers retrospective reflections following on from a poetry-based character-education intervention, conducted in an Icelandic secondary-school setting. The object of the intervention was to assess the use of poetry in the classroom to enhance students' virtue literacy. This paper dis...
Saved in:
| Published in: | Journal of poetry therapy Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 128 - 150 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Routledge
03.04.2025
|
| Subjects: | |
| ISSN: | 0889-3675, 1567-2344 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Abstract | This paper offers retrospective reflections following on from a poetry-based character-education intervention, conducted in an Icelandic secondary-school setting. The object of the intervention was to assess the use of poetry in the classroom to enhance students' virtue literacy. This paper discusses the theoretical frameworks undergirding this research project. It assesses Linda Christensen's poetic inquiry as a means of moral self-cultivation. It then compares this approach to the framework of Aristotelian character education. Subsequently, this paper introduces samples of poetic inquiry, namely Gina Edghill's "The Culture of My Community Revealed. Poetic and Narrative Beginnings" and Jacquie Kidd's "White Skin, Brown Soul. A Poetic Autoethnograpy", to show how poetry in the classroom can encourage the development of virtue. More specifically, the paper makes use of the components in a recent Aristotelian phronesis model (APM) to illustrate comparisons of poetic inquiry with Aristotelian character education. |
|---|---|
| AbstractList | This paper offers retrospective reflections following on from a poetry-based character-education intervention, conducted in an Icelandic secondary-school setting. The object of the intervention was to assess the use of poetry in the classroom to enhance students' virtue literacy. This paper discusses the theoretical frameworks undergirding this research project. It assesses Linda Christensen's poetic inquiry as a means of moral self-cultivation. It then compares this approach to the framework of Aristotelian character education. Subsequently, this paper introduces samples of poetic inquiry, namely Gina Edghill's "The Culture of My Community Revealed. Poetic and Narrative Beginnings" and Jacquie Kidd's "White Skin, Brown Soul. A Poetic Autoethnograpy", to show how poetry in the classroom can encourage the development of virtue. More specifically, the paper makes use of the components in a recent Aristotelian phronesis model (APM) to illustrate comparisons of poetic inquiry with Aristotelian character education. |
| Author | Guttesen, Kristian |
| Author_xml | – sequence: 1 givenname: Kristian orcidid: 0000-0002-4031-689X surname: Guttesen fullname: Guttesen, Kristian email: guttesen@hi.is organization: University of Iceland |
| BookMark | eNqFkMtOwzAQRS1UJNrCJyD5B1LGj6QJbEAVL6kSG1iHieM0RklcbAeUv4e0ZcMCVrOYe65mzoxMOttpQs4ZLBikcAFpmolkGS84cLngIoVUpkdkyuJkGXEh5YRMx0w0hk7IzPs3AMiAx1PyuqrRoQraUV32CoOxHQ21s_2mplurg1HUdO-9ccMlDRpVbbrNbuEGip4ibTV2ntqKttZhQ71uqkj1TTAfu7JTclxh4_XZYc7Jy93t8-ohWj_dP65u1pESDELEOIcklXFSSo5KyYJJZAUDNv5SxFkBVSa4ZolglZICY4lpxksJRRmXHEHMSbzvVc5673SVb51p0Q05g3zUlP9oykdN-UHTN3f1i1Mm7C4PDk3zL329p01XWdfip3VNmQccGusqh50yPhd_V3wBlxiDrA |
| CitedBy_id | crossref_primary_10_1080_03057240_2025_2550696 |
| Cites_doi | 10.5840/teachphil201882992 10.1093/oso/9780192871473.001.0001 10.1086/658142 10.1177/1077800418786303 10.1177/1473325007083358 10.24270/serritnetla.2019.14 10.1007/978-94-6300-316-2_9 10.1163/9789087909512_024 10.1080/17449642.2022.2114062 10.1080/00313831.2023.2192737 10.1163/9789087909512 10.1080/00131857.2024.2332694 10.1080/00313831.2019.1659407 10.1215/10439455-8.2.43 10.1007/978-94-6300-316-2 10.1353/sor.2004.0045 10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100171 10.46743/2160-3715/2015.1823 10.1159/000496136 10.1177/0959354317751666 10.1093/oseo/instance.00258602 |
| ContentType | Journal Article |
| Copyright | 2024 National Association for Poetry Therapy 2024 |
| Copyright_xml | – notice: 2024 National Association for Poetry Therapy 2024 |
| DBID | AAYXX CITATION |
| DOI | 10.1080/08893675.2024.2380848 |
| DatabaseName | CrossRef |
| DatabaseTitle | CrossRef |
| DatabaseTitleList | |
| DeliveryMethod | fulltext_linktorsrc |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| EISSN | 1567-2344 |
| EndPage | 150 |
| ExternalDocumentID | 10_1080_08893675_2024_2380848 2380848 |
| Genre | Research Article |
| GroupedDBID | -~X .7I .86 .QK 0BK 0R~ 29L 4.4 53G 5GY AAHIA AAMFJ AAMIU AAPUL AATTQ AAWTL AAZMC ABCCY ABFIM ABIVO ABJNI ABLIJ ABPEM ABTAI ABXUL ABXYU ABZLS ACGEJ ACGFS ACTIO ADAHI ADCVX ADKVQ ADXPE AECIN AEFOU AEISY AEKEX AEYOC AEZRU AFRVT AGDLA AGMYJ AGRBW AHBYD AHDZW AIJEM AIYEW AJWEG AKBVH ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS ALQZU AVBZW AWYRJ BEJHT BLEHA BMOTO BOHLJ CCCUG CQ1 CS3 DGFLZ DKSSO EBS E~B E~C G-F GTTXZ H13 HF~ HZ~ IPNFZ J.O KYCEM LJTGL M4Z NA5 O9- P2P PQQKQ RIG RNANH ROSJB RSYQP S-F SOJ STATR TASJS TBQAZ TEH TFH TFL TFW TNJ TNTFI TRJHH TUROJ UT5 UT9 VAE WH7 ~01 ~S~ AAYXX CITATION |
| ID | FETCH-LOGICAL-c310t-122068456d42acc4b14a1b1010848b59b0f932e1631fc43a54a892d40bd5d2a03 |
| IEDL.DBID | TFW |
| ISICitedReferencesCount | 4 |
| ISICitedReferencesURI | http://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=Summon&SrcAuth=ProQuest&DestLinkType=CitingArticles&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=001274840000001&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com%2F%23%21%2Fsearch%3Fho%3Df%26include.ft.matches%3Dt%26l%3Dnull%26q%3D |
| ISSN | 0889-3675 |
| IngestDate | Sat Nov 29 07:54:49 EST 2025 Tue Nov 18 21:35:40 EST 2025 Mon Oct 20 23:46:52 EDT 2025 |
| IsPeerReviewed | true |
| IsScholarly | true |
| Issue | 2 |
| Language | English |
| LinkModel | DirectLink |
| MergedId | FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-c310t-122068456d42acc4b14a1b1010848b59b0f932e1631fc43a54a892d40bd5d2a03 |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4031-689X |
| PageCount | 23 |
| ParticipantIDs | crossref_primary_10_1080_08893675_2024_2380848 informaworld_taylorfrancis_310_1080_08893675_2024_2380848 crossref_citationtrail_10_1080_08893675_2024_2380848 |
| PublicationCentury | 2000 |
| PublicationDate | 2025-04-03 |
| PublicationDateYYYYMMDD | 2025-04-03 |
| PublicationDate_xml | – month: 04 year: 2025 text: 2025-04-03 day: 03 |
| PublicationDecade | 2020 |
| PublicationTitle | Journal of poetry therapy |
| PublicationYear | 2025 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publisher_xml | – name: Routledge |
| References | e_1_3_4_3_1 e_1_3_4_2_1 Christensen L. (e_1_3_4_10_1) 2017 Kristjánsson K. (e_1_3_4_29_1) 2007 Arthur J. (e_1_3_4_4_1) 2014 Valéry P. (e_1_3_4_43_1) 1977 e_1_3_4_7_1 e_1_3_4_20_1 e_1_3_4_41_1 e_1_3_4_6_1 e_1_3_4_40_1 e_1_3_4_5_1 e_1_3_4_23_1 Leavy P. (e_1_3_4_32_1) 2009 e_1_3_4_46_1 e_1_3_4_24_1 e_1_3_4_21_1 Uljens M. (e_1_3_4_42_1) 2004 e_1_3_4_44_1 e_1_3_4_22_1 Kusserow A. (e_1_3_4_31_1) 2008 Zapruder M. (e_1_3_4_48_1) 2017 e_1_3_4_27_1 Wabanhu E. (e_1_3_4_45_1) 2017; 3 Guttesen K. (e_1_3_4_19_1) 2022 e_1_3_4_28_1 e_1_3_4_25_1 e_1_3_4_26_1 Christensen L. (e_1_3_4_8_1) 2009 Wright J. C. (e_1_3_4_47_1) 2021 Faulkner S. L. (e_1_3_4_16_1) 2020 Løvlie L. (e_1_3_4_33_1) 2016 e_1_3_4_30_1 e_1_3_4_35_1 e_1_3_4_13_1 e_1_3_4_34_1 e_1_3_4_11_1 e_1_3_4_39_1 e_1_3_4_17_1 e_1_3_4_38_1 e_1_3_4_14_1 e_1_3_4_37_1 Faulkner S. L. (e_1_3_4_15_1) 2017 e_1_3_4_36_1 e_1_3_4_18_1 Christensen L. (e_1_3_4_9_1) 2015 Dei G. J. S. (e_1_3_4_12_1) 2011; 40 |
| References_xml | – volume-title: Poetic inquiry. Craft, method and practice year: 2020 ident: e_1_3_4_16_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_27_1 doi: 10.5840/teachphil201882992 – ident: e_1_3_4_30_1 doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192871473.001.0001 – volume-title: Rhythm and resistance: Teaching poetry for social justice year: 2015 ident: e_1_3_4_9_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_41_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_2_1 doi: 10.1086/658142 – volume-title: The pedagocial paradox and its relevance for education year: 2016 ident: e_1_3_4_33_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_36_1 doi: 10.1177/1077800418786303 – ident: e_1_3_4_44_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_46_1 doi: 10.1177/1473325007083358 – volume-title: An anthology year: 1977 ident: e_1_3_4_43_1 – volume-title: Why poetry? year: 2017 ident: e_1_3_4_48_1 – volume-title: Method meets art year: 2009 ident: e_1_3_4_32_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_23_1 doi: 10.24270/serritnetla.2019.14 – ident: e_1_3_4_28_1 doi: 10.1007/978-94-6300-316-2_9 – ident: e_1_3_4_35_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_13_1 doi: 10.1163/9789087909512_024 – ident: e_1_3_4_21_1 doi: 10.1080/17449642.2022.2114062 – ident: e_1_3_4_22_1 doi: 10.1080/00313831.2023.2192737 – ident: e_1_3_4_38_1 doi: 10.1163/9789087909512 – ident: e_1_3_4_20_1 doi: 10.1080/00131857.2024.2332694 – ident: e_1_3_4_24_1 doi: 10.1080/00313831.2019.1659407 – volume-title: Aristotle, emotions, and education year: 2007 ident: e_1_3_4_29_1 – volume-title: Character education through poetry year: 2022 ident: e_1_3_4_19_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_37_1 doi: 10.1163/9789087909512 – start-page: 72 volume-title: Arts-based research in education: Foundations for practice year: 2008 ident: e_1_3_4_31_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_34_1 doi: 10.1215/10439455-8.2.43 – ident: e_1_3_4_40_1 – volume-title: The knightly virtues: Enhancing virtue literacy through stories year: 2014 ident: e_1_3_4_4_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_6_1 – volume-title: Understanding virtue: Theory and measurement year: 2021 ident: e_1_3_4_47_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_17_1 doi: 10.1007/978-94-6300-316-2 – ident: e_1_3_4_7_1 doi: 10.1353/sor.2004.0045 – volume: 40 start-page: 21 issue: 1 year: 2011 ident: e_1_3_4_12_1 article-title: Integrating local cultural knowledge as formal and informal education for young African learners: A Ghanaian case study publication-title: Education Canadienne et Internationale – ident: e_1_3_4_26_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_5_1 doi: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100171 – ident: e_1_3_4_39_1 doi: 10.46743/2160-3715/2015.1823 – volume: 3 start-page: 27 year: 2017 ident: e_1_3_4_45_1 article-title: Moral-character education. A pillar for national building in Africa publication-title: Journal of Moral Education in Africa – ident: e_1_3_4_11_1 doi: 10.1159/000496136 – start-page: 208 volume-title: The handbook of arts-based research year: 2017 ident: e_1_3_4_15_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_18_1 doi: 10.1177/0959354317751666 – volume-title: Reading, writing, and rising up: Teaching about social justice and the power of the written word year: 2017 ident: e_1_3_4_10_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_3_1 doi: 10.1093/oseo/instance.00258602 – volume-title: Teaching for joy and justice: Re-imagining the language arts classroom year: 2009 ident: e_1_3_4_8_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_25_1 – ident: e_1_3_4_14_1 – start-page: 41 volume-title: Utmaningar i filosofisk pedagogikk year: 2004 ident: e_1_3_4_42_1 |
| SSID | ssj0009025 |
| Score | 2.3233087 |
| Snippet | This paper offers retrospective reflections following on from a poetry-based character-education intervention, conducted in an Icelandic secondary-school... |
| SourceID | crossref informaworld |
| SourceType | Enrichment Source Index Database Publisher |
| StartPage | 128 |
| SubjectTerms | Character education Icelandic secondary schools poetic inquiry poetry practical wisdom qualitative study |
| Title | Character education through poetic inquiry: teaching poetry as a means of moral self-cultivation |
| URI | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08893675.2024.2380848 |
| Volume | 38 |
| WOSCitedRecordID | wos001274840000001&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com%2F%23%21%2Fsearch%3Fho%3Df%26include.ft.matches%3Dt%26l%3Dnull%26q%3D |
| hasFullText | 1 |
| inHoldings | 1 |
| isFullTextHit | |
| isPrint | |
| journalDatabaseRights | – providerCode: PRVAWR databaseName: Taylor & Francis Online Journals customDbUrl: eissn: 1567-2344 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0009025 issn: 0889-3675 databaseCode: TFW dateStart: 20030301 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: https://www.tandfonline.com providerName: Taylor & Francis |
| link | http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwrV05T8MwFLZQxdCFG1EueWBN8ZXEZkMVFQOqGIroFmzHlir1UhOQ-u-xE6e0AzDAHL3IevG7ou99HwA3MdXUcGEipmwSMS1QJGmi3MyTuOokDeKmosx_SgcDPhqJ54AmLAKs0s_QtiaKqHK1D26pigYRd-uROdQ1um66I6zrao7nhHdZ2JV-H5rD_usX7S6qZFcrLI83aXZ4vnvLVnXa4i7dqDr9_X847wHYCy0nvK_vyCHYMbMj0F5nvtUxeOs1tM3QNIAPGBR84GLu9xzhuMYM38Ey4C-rB8sVlAWUcGpcyYNzC6d-4x8WZmIjT-oRtNNOwEv_Ydh7jIL0QqRdv1dGmBCUcNdc5YxIrZnCTGLlwtcfXcVCIesaP-OaOWw1ozJmkguSM6TyOCcS0VPQms1n5gzAGEuZc5ymHGmWGKysJSJPLE-k5C5fdgBrXJ7pwEvu5TEmGW7oS4P_Mu-_LPivA7prs0VNzPGbgdj8nllZ_RGxtXxJRn-0Pf-D7QVoE68Z7NE-9BK0yuW7uQK7-qMcF8vr6rp-AoH55TM |
| linkProvider | Taylor & Francis |
| linkToHtml | http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwrV05T8MwFLagINGFG1FOD6wpvpI6bKiiKqJ0KqJbsB1bqtRLbUDqv8dOnNIOwABz9CLr2X6H9b3vA-AmpIpqHuuASRMFTMUoEDSStueJbHYSGnGdU-Z3Gt0u7_fj1VkYB6t0PbQpiCLyWO0ut3uMLiFxtw6aQ22la9s7wuo26ThS-E2wFdpc6_jze63XL-JdlAuv5mgeZ1NO8Xz3m7X8tMZeupJ3Wnv_seJ9sOurTnhfHJMDsKHHh6C6DH6LI_DWLJmboS4xH9CL-MDpxI06wkEBG76DmYdg5h9mCyjmUMCRtlkPTgwcuaF_ONdDEzheDy-fdgxeWg-9Zjvw6guBsiVfFmBCUMRtfZUyIpRiEjOBpb3BbukyjCUytvbTtp7DRjEqQiZ4TFKGZBqmRCB6AirjyVifAhhiIVKOGw2OFIs0lsaQOI0Mj4TgNmTWACt9nihPTe4UMoYJLhlMvf8S57_E-68G6kuzacHN8ZtBvLqhSZY_iphCwSShP9qe_cH2Guy0e8-dpPPYfToHVeIkhB34h16ASjZ715dgW31kg_nsKj-7nxnK6V0 |
| linkToPdf | http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwrV09T8MwED1BQagL34jy6YE1xU6c1GFDhQhEVXUooltwHFuq1C81Aan_HjtxoB2AAeboIuty9r2Lnt8DuPI94UkWSocmKnCoCLHDvSDRM0-guxOXmMlCMr_T6nbZYBD2LJsws7RKM0OrUiiiOKvN5p6lqmLEXRtmjqeBrp7uXNrUPcdowq_DhobOgSnyfvTypbuLC9_VgsxjYqpLPN-9ZqU9rYiXLrWdaOcfFrwL2xZzotuySPZgTU72of559C0O4LVd6TYjWTE-kLXwQbOpueiIhiVp-AblloBZPJgvEM8QR2Opex6aKjQ2V_5RJkfKMaoe1jztEJ6j-377wbHeC47QgC93iOvigGl0lVKXC0ETQjlJ9P41S0_8MMFKIz-p0RxRgnrcp5yFbkpxkvqpy7F3BLXJdCKPAfmE85SRVothQQNJEqXcMA0UCzhn-sBsAK1SHgsrTG78MUYxqfRLbf5ik7_Y5q8Bzc-wWanM8VtAuPw947z4JaJK_5LY-zH25A-xl7DVu4vizmP36RTqrvEPNswf7wxq-fxNnsOmeM-H2fyiqNwPYqjoDw |
| openUrl | ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Character+education+through+poetic+inquiry%3A+teaching+poetry+as+a+means+of+moral+self-cultivation&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+poetry+therapy&rft.au=Guttesen%2C+Kristian&rft.date=2025-04-03&rft.issn=0889-3675&rft.eissn=1567-2344&rft.volume=38&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=128&rft.epage=150&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F08893675.2024.2380848&rft.externalDBID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID=10_1080_08893675_2024_2380848 |
| thumbnail_l | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=0889-3675&client=summon |
| thumbnail_m | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=0889-3675&client=summon |
| thumbnail_s | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=0889-3675&client=summon |